ea0056p1183 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2018
Bendlova Bela
, Sykorova Vlasta
, Dvorakova Sarka
, Vaclavikova Eliska
, Pekova Barbora
, Katra Rami
, Kodetova Daniela
, Lastuvka Petr
, Plzak Jan
, Bavor Petr
, Hoch Jiri
, Vlcek Petr
, Sykorova Pavla
, Vcelak Josef
Thyroid cancer in children and adolescents is a rare disease but with an increasing incidence. As in adults, the most prevalent type is papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Our aim was to describe the clinical and genetic comparison between pediatric and adult PTC. We analyzed the cohorts of 73 pediatric PTC (5-18 years, female to male ratio 2.3:1, 10 patients <10 years) and 460 adult PTC patients. DNA and RNA were extracted from cancer tissue samples. DNA was used for seque...